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Asked by Sir Ashley FoxConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 27 January 2025UIN 25800

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to update data held on farms by (a) constituency and (b) local authority.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

Defra does not routinely publish farming statistics by parliamentary constituency. The latest available data on the number of farms by constituency are for 2021, but there are currently no plans to update these.

Farming statistics by local authority are usually published every 5 years and are next due to be updated in March 2025 with 2024 data. The dataset will be published here Structure of the agricultural industry in England and the UK at June - GOV.UK

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